Re: SMTP Connections

2001-05-03 Thread David Steinberg
On Thu, 3 May 2001, MaD dUCK wrote: > but the server i made him try uses RBL extensively and did not refuse > him. i think he's suffering more a client side problem... but i am a > postfix expert, no clue about exim... You're right! It was my configuration of exim. I had it doing hostname lookup

Re: SMTP Connections

2001-05-03 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Hall Stevenson (on Thu, 03 May 2001 02:19:43PM -0400): > If your IP address has been flagged, this could be a reason. but the server i made him try uses RBL extensively and did not refuse him. i think he's suffering more a client side problem... but i am a postfix expert, no clue about

Re: SMTP Connections

2001-05-03 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > > On what basis could a mail server decide which hosts it > > > is going to allow to connect to it? > > > > ip addresses mostly... > > Could you expand on this? How would a mail server decide > which IP addresses to block? Why would it suddenly decide > that it doesn't like mine? :) Mail se

Re: SMTP Connections

2001-05-03 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach David Steinberg (on Thu, 03 May 2001 11:09:37AM -0700): > > are you behind a firewall? > Yes, but I don't think it blocks outgoing 25/tcp connects. no it doesn't. i saw your connects... > Could you expand on this? How would a mail server decide which IP > addresses to block? Why wou

Re: SMTP Connections

2001-05-03 Thread David Steinberg
On Thu, 3 May 2001, MaD dUCK wrote: > are you behind a firewall? Yes, but I don't think it blocks outgoing 25/tcp connects. > try to telnet to port 25 of mail.madduck.net - if you get a refusal, > then you have a problem on your side and i think you might have a > firewall that blocks outgoing 2

Re: SMTP Connections

2001-05-03 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach David Steinberg (on Thu, 03 May 2001 10:05:44AM -0700): > When it tries to connect to a mail server, the connection is either > refused or just hangs and then times out. Just to test, I also tried > using telnet to connect to port 25 of the same hosts. Same thing: either > "telnet: Un

SMTP Connections

2001-05-03 Thread David Steinberg
Hi all, I'm trying get a Debian box to act as a mail server. I'm using exim. Presently, it receives mail, but it won't send mail, at least to the destinations I've been using for testing. When it tries to connect to a mail server, the connection is either refused or just hangs and then times o